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A molecular palaeobiological hypothesis for the origin of
aplacophoran molluscs and their derivation from chitonlike ancestors
by Jakob Vinther, Erik A. Sperling, Derek E. G. Briggs, and Kevin J. Peterson
Proceedings B
Volume ():rspb20111773
October 5, 2011
©2011 by The Royal Society
Modern aculiferan diversity.
Jakob Vinther et al. Proc. R. Soc. B
doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1773
©2011 by The Royal Society
Fossil polyplacophorans and stem group aplacophorans.
Jakob Vinther et al. Proc. R. Soc. B
doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1773
©2011 by The Royal Society
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of seven nuclear housekeeping genes (2026 amino acids) from
31 molluscs and 20 additional outgroups.
Jakob Vinther et al. Proc. R. Soc. B
doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1773
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(a) Timetree of aculiferans assessed with Bayesian relaxed molecular divergence estimation
(see electronic supplementary material, figure S5).
Jakob Vinther et al. Proc. R. Soc. B
doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1773
©2011 by The Royal Society